what's the best way of chaning vista themes?

[eliil1]

I tried from control panel>appearance and personalization.theme to open some .msstyles but it didn't even find it...

I know there r a few third-party programs that r able to change the theme , but which one doesn't take lots of resources and slows down the system?

maybe uxtheme ? or Vista Glazz?

and the same about icons...

Does IconPackager slow down the system?

btw the vista version is Ultimate x64

thx.

[Applejuice]

VistaGlazz or uxtheme patch do not use your computer resources after they have been applied.

Same thing with iconpackager.

[eliil1]

but which one is preferable?

thx.

[eliil1]

ok I tried vistaglazz and it didn't work.

Now I tried uxtheme, and I still couldn't manage to make it work..=\

I took ownership of the three files by Take Control program.

Then I renamed it to *.old (all 3 of them)

then I copied the three patched files to the system32 folder and rebooted the system.

then I copied the .msstyle to the resources>theme folder and got nothing =\

help? :(

[Island Dog]

Try WindowBlinds. :)

WindowBlinds

Changing Vista themes

[:No-Frost:]

Vistaglazz + Tuneup Utilities 2009 =P...

[phototext]

ok I tried vistaglazz and it didn't work.

Now I tried uxtheme, and I still couldn't manage to make it work..=\

I took ownership of the three files by Take Control program.

Then I renamed it to *.old (all 3 of them)

then I copied the three patched files to the system32 folder and rebooted the system.

then I copied the .msstyle to the resources>theme folder and got nothing =\

help? :(

Where you logged in as Administrator ?

The whole process is fiddly and the first few times I did it I did it wrong but it does work and worth persisting. It is free and there are some great styles around.

Enable the Administrator Account

1. Open the command prompt with Administrative privileges by opening the Start Menu, and typing cmd in the search box, and then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter or click the Start orb, All Programs, Accessories, right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

2. Type the following in the command prompt and press Enter after:

net user administrator /active:yes

3. Restart your computer and logon as Administrator.

Note: You might want to set a password for the administrator?s account for at least a little protection.

Disable the Administrative Account

To disable the Administrative account run the Net User command demonstrated above while logged on an account with administrative privileges but not as the Administrator account and replace yes with no.

If you do the changes to the files when logged in as the administrator they should work. If they still don't, remember that after taking ownership of the file you still need to go back into the properties and change the permissions for the file. Fiddly stuff.